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Long Time No Blog...Surfers Paradise to Townsville

2008-11-07T00:23:00.000-08:00

So I know I've been slacking on updating lately but internet has not been easily found.

We've gone from Surfers Paradise to Glass House Mountains, To Tin Can Bay then to Rockhampton on to Sarina/Mackay from there to Townsville and then finally now we are on our way to Cairns, The last stop on our tour.

So Glass House Mountains, was a friggen small town at the base of a set of mountains, we were staying there because it is very close ( about 15 mins) from the Australia Zoo, Which we were going to for Krys' birthday on the 19th. We were staying in a cute little motel/room/suite thingy. Haha, we visited the mountains on the first day and then on Sunday ventured to the Zoo which I loved! I love animals and this place had a ton of them ( duuhh its a zoo I know) It was also kinda sad because for those of you that dont know the Australia Zoo was the home to Steve Irwin and his family still owns it, theres pictures of him everywhere and all these videos of him. But the Zoo was amazing, the best zoo i've ever been too. We watched a show in the Croceaceum, and Shawn won a prize for acting like a big monkey! Krystal and I also got to hold another Koala together and I bought her that picture as a little birthday present, we also got to hold an aligator ( which I got another picture of!!) and petted some more kangaroos, visited the elephants, saw some massive crocs and had an amazing day.

Before I left edmonton I got a little bag from Krystals grandma which had some stuff for the family including krystals birthday present, a new iPod touch. When I got to Australia krystal kept telling me about how her ipod broke. It was so hard for me to not tell her about her present, I'm not good at keeping secrets! She kept looking at mine telling me how much she wanted one, So I was very happy for her on her birthday to get one! She also got a book and I bought her 2 shirts while we were in Australia. We had a nice birthday supper in our little suite thing and the next day we headed for Tin Can Bay.

Tin Can Bay was just a one night stop on our way up the coast. We got there and Shawn, Kim, Krystal and I decided to go check out a beach close by. It was AMAZING I have never been in water so warm, I loved it. Our last day in surfers paradise we went to the beach but it was cold and rainy and only shawn and I ventured in. So this was a very nice change, its still hard to believe that the water and temperature gets warmer as we travel north, I understand its because thats closer to the equator but its still weird!One of the reasons we stoped in Tin Can Bay was that in the mornings you can go to the marina there and a pod of wild dolphins comes in and you can get a chance to feed them. They are such beautiful animals but it was so sad since they are wild they have a the cuts and scrapes to prove it, one was even missing part of its fin! but it was still a crazy expereince!

So from there we went to Rockhampton, I love the name of this town it was so fun to say! We were there for two days and the first day we got there we went for supper to the hogs breath cafe, we found this place in port MaQuarie and it has such good food! the second day we headed out to the beach, which we had all to ourselves as it was a wednesday, Krystal was a little concerned because there was very few people there and no one was on the sand. Well we found out it was because the sand was either very wet or very very hot. The water was amazing though! we are now past all the surf beaches so there was very little waves and when there was they were small ones so it was nice to actually swim! I got a little burned on my legs but not to badly. We had a good supper in our room and watched some Criminal Minds, which i have missed very badly!! and I also learned how to play Skip-Bo, Which I'm not so good at!

From there we were driving to Mackay, just a few kms away from there is a place called Sarina, which has a mini sugar mill to show what goes on in the big ones, we went on a tour of some old machinery and then got to watch some sugar kane being turned into sugar, we then got to tase some of it! it was very yummy. From there we continued on to mackay. We didnt do much there, we went to the mall to pick up some stuff ( I had finished Twilight in Glass House Mountains and was desperate to get started on New Moon!!)

We left Mackay and headed onto Townsville. We were staying there for 2 nights and at first had a little bit of trouble finding a place to stay since it was a friday. But we found a holiday apartment place that had a sweet movie chanel so that was how we spend some downtime. When we arrived there we drove down a road called The Strand that had a bunch of hotels and some resteraunts and it ended up not being to far from where we were staying so Krystal and I decided to go and venture out for dinner on our own. We started walking down the street and ended up finding quite a few bars and not so many resteraunts. The first one we saw looked kind of fancy so we decided to keep looking. Well we found one that looked more like our kind of place but it was all full except for the lounge and thats not what we wanted. So we went to the first one, the white resteraunt as we called it, and got a table. Well we found out it was a seafood resteraunt (Neither Krystal or I really like seafood) and It was quite pricey. We ended up finding something we each liked, krystal and shrimp and I had a canneloni dish. We met a very nice slightly intoxicated older gentleman who was out for dinner with his family and he took quite a taking into what we were eating. All in all it was a good dinner and he made it quite interesting.
The second day we went to the Rock Pool which is built beside the ocean and has all ocean water in it but has grates and nets up to block out stingers (Jellyfish) It was a very nice and relaxing day by the water. On Sunday we woke up to leave and stoped off at a local Salvation Army to catch the morning service. It was a nice change from the one in Dee Why as there was more people our age and more contemporary music.

From there we made the journey up to Cairns. Talk to you then!

More Pictures!!

2008-10-16T03:46:00.000-07:00

The plane wing over the ocean!

Me with the Sydney Harbour Bridge!

The Sydney Opera House!

Krystal & I in the Royal Botanic Gardens! There was nasty Eels in that pond!

The Waves on Bondi Beach were a lot higher than I though they'd be

Krystal & I on Bondi Beach!

Me on Bondi Beach!!

Krystal & I in the Ocean!

Krystal & I on Manly Beach

Krystal & I in Port Maquarie

The Moon on the shorline in Port Maquarie

I wonder if it will let me post pictures now....

2008-10-16T02:31:00.000-07:00

YES IT DID!!!!!

A Seal and Myself at the Sydney Aquarium

A shark at the Sydney Aquarium

My meal at McDonalds in Sydney

The Ugggglllyyyyy trucks that are all over the place

A Shark at the Sydney Aquarium

The Australian Big Brother house enterance

A Giant shark head at Dreamworld

The Wiggles World enterance at Dreamworld!

Me and a Koala!!!!

Some of the many Kangaroos at Dreamworld. There was soooo many.

Me and a Kangaroo!!

Ugh

2008-10-15T04:04:00.000-07:00

Okayyy so my internet is friggen slow so I cant do pictures right now, but I will asap!

Dreamworld!... and Some cuddly friends!

2008-10-15T03:29:00.000-07:00

We Arrived in Surfers Paradise yesterday and spent that resting from our long drive. Krystal and I took a walk on the beach and went in the hotel pool before catching up on some missed internet time!

Today Krystal and I went to Dreamworld which is like an Amuesement Park and Zoo kinda combined in one. We got there when it opened at 10 and we stayed till 5. The rides were pretty cool, We went on 2 water ones and them some other thrill ones. The park is divided into a bunch of areas theres Nickelodoen Central and Australian Wildlife Experience (theres a bunch of animals there) Theres another one called Gold Rush County, Tiger Island (pretty self explanitory - Such cute tigers!) Then theres Dream world studios which houses...... The Australia Big Brother House!! I though that was pretty sweet! You get to walk through the house and see all the behind the scences stuff and then walk through the rooms. It probably would have been sweeter if we saw the show but it was still pretty cool. We've been finding this in australia have been quite more expensive than canada and this was no different - at the house you can pay to get your picture takin in the diary chair, for 20$! and you cant use your own cameras. We thought that was ridiculous! And its crazy just how little privacy they have!

Another are is called Wiggles World, Based off of the show The Wiggles, and As I walked through there I know Jonah would have just loved it there! I took tons of pictures and even a video, Everything there is Wiggles, the Rides the food places - All wiggles all the time!

But the best part of the entire day was Krystal and I got to hold KOALAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it was sooo exciting, they are so cute and cuddly and AH I just loved them! We even got our picture taken with them! ( I will post it later!) Also with the Koalas is a Kangaroo Enclosure, There was like 10-15 Kangaroos just hanging out, no trainers or anything just them hanging out, you can go up to them and pet them and take pictures. It was so much fun! It got me excited for the Australia Zoo on Sunday!!

Today Krystal and I were getting food and the woman serving us said "where are you from? you have such strong accents" we found that quite funny seeing as we dont think we have the accents but they do! Also when we told her we were from Canada she said she had never seen snow before, I found that crazy to think some people havent seen snow before - I've seen enough to last me a life time!

We did that allllllll day and then just came back to the hotel. I'm quite sleepy and plan on going to bed pretty early to rest up for our beach day tomorrow ( hopefully!)

Thats all from Surfers Paradise! I'll post some pics below!

The Beach!!!

2008-10-13T02:50:00.000-07:00

Since its Sunday we decided to find a Corps to go to, we looked at the 2 closest towhere we are staying. We Google'd them and could get pictures of the two. The firstone in manly looked slightly sketchy, So we decided to go to the other one in Dee Why.

When we got there we realized that it was a smaller corps made up of mostly retiredofficers. We met one cute lady who is a retired Colonel whos name was Leah, She askedKrystal to sing the Canadian National Anthem. As shes singing Leah Taps my back and Says "Stand up Straight this is your anthem" So there we were Krystal singing theAnthem and me standing at attention in a Salvation Army in Australia...

After that we decided to go to Manly Beach. It was my very first time swimmingin the ocean and it was pretty darn cool. Krystal and I took a Ton of picturesand Did some Body Surfing, though I think we need some more practice as we inhaleda ton of water.
We did a lot of laying out on the beach, and felt the effects later that nigght.We were both sooooo burned. Which have now turned into tans.

Sharks & Sea Lions Oh Myyyy

2008-10-13T02:49:00.000-07:00

So on the first night I went to sleep at like 830pm, and I knew that wasnt such agood idea but I did it none-the-less. So I woke up at 630am and just kinda layedthere untill 8 when I fell asleep again. Then finally Krystal, Rebecca and I wokeup at 11.

So I wanted to get my shopping done as soon as possible so we headed to a outdoormarket/shopping area called The Rocks. There was tons of sweet shops to look around.we bought some fudge and Gellato!!!! (I Havent had good Gelato since Italy and Ihave missed it so!!) Then I bought my mommy some Uggs, and Some stuff for Logan &Abby!

We then headed to the Sydney Aquarium and that was freakin cool! I had my Camera with me(duhhhh) and took some pretty awesome pictures. We saw Seals, Sharks, Eels,Old wife fish's, Jew fish's, Lots of Rays and lots of other kinds of fishys.

Now Krystal and I had a little issue at the Aqaurium... we would be walking throughand would here parents and children alike saying "theres nemo or theres dory" atfirst it was cute, but it soon got very very annoying, but what can you do.
That night for supper we went to Mcdonals, It was so sweet cause they have McCafé'shere! and Also 'Frozen Cokes' which are coke slurpees!
Day 2 done!

Dayyyy 1

2008-10-13T02:47:00.000-07:00

Oct 10
So after 15 hours of flying I landed in Sydney, Now on the plane we were told thatAustralia has pretty intense laws about bringing stuff in that might hurt thereagriculture. So we had to answer this declaration form thing, then once we got offthe plan we had to go through Boarder Security and Quarantine, It took for freakinever and I was so scared that something in my bag was going to be Illegal, but itwas all good!

So I came out and saw Krystal, Kim & Shawn waiting for me! and I was soooo excitedfinally be there after lonnngg amounts of travelling.
So we went back to our hostel in a town called Collowroy which is just outside ofSydney and got ready for the day.

We decided to go see the Sydney Opera House and the Harbour Bridge. It was pretty cool to actually get to see those upclose and it kinda made it sink in that I wasactually in Australia. So right outside the Opera house is the Royal Botanic Gardensso we decided to walk through there and go and get some food. There was a lot of palmtrees and flowers and more trees. It was all pretty sweet till we got to the cafeand looked up and saw that there was HUNDREDS of yucky Bats hanging from the trees.I`m friggen terrified of bats so I was not excited at all! Everyone formed a humanwall around me so they wouldnt attack me, I was quite thankful for that.Then on the way back we walked by this pretty fountain and read a sign saying that there was Eels in the pond, and thate even when they drain the pond the eels return!So we were on the lookout for the eels and finally we spotted one, they are nastyyand creepy looking so we took a few pictures and left.

So before we headed back to the hostel we decided to go check out Bondi Beach, Itwas quite massive and we decided to talk around the shore, but we didnt anticipatethe waves comming up as high as they did. So we got quite wet!
Thats it for the first dayyy!
<3

2008-10-10T01:09:00.001-07:00

quick update.
in san fran, after a hella long walk. i am so stressed, wannnna sleep and just get on the plane and get to sydney and see her cousin.i friggen miss my home, and it sucks.
but i know this will be an amazing trip. hopefully i get a good seat on the plan and can get some rest.
talk to you in sydney!

25 days + 1 Backpack = ...Scared

2008-10-06T09:59:00.000-07:00

So when I first found out I was going to Australia I was sooooo excited. But then a though pop'd into my mind... "What will I pack?"

Knowing that The Way's were only taking backpacks made me think if of what I was going to bring.

Now I am no light packer. I go to camp for a week and bring 4 MASSIVE suitcases, Ask anyone who knows me and they will tell you that I over pack for everything. But for this amazing 25 day journey I, Sarah, will be travelling with only ONE backpack - Mind you it is a quite large one. This is still one of the major parts that freaks me out!

We'll see how the packing goes! Wish me luck!

This Is the Lovely Backpack I will be taking with me on the trip, Thanks to the lovely Erin for lending it to me!

2 Days and Counting =)

10 Days...

2008-09-29T00:25:00.000-07:00

In 10 days I will be here! Sydney, Australia. I cant believe it is so close. This trip started off just as a joke and now I am actually going. I leave at 6pm on the 8th and after 21 hrs total of flying I will arrive on Oct 10th. I fly to San Francisco and have a 4 hour layover and then take the 15.5 hr flight to Sydney. I'm slightly nervous for the long flight. When I flew to Paris it was 11 hours and didn't feel to well so I'm hoping it wont happen again!

I'm so excited to see Krystal and the rest of the Way's, I can't wait for the amazing experience, travelling up the eastern coast for 25 days! It will just be kinda interesting to be living out of a backpack for 25 days.. I am normally quite the heavy packer so this will be a good test for me!

I will be updating along the way so keep reading!

Vacationnn!

2008-07-31T23:54:00.000-07:00

I know - Its been a while.
I have been up to nothing except for work for the past 2 months. Working in Tofield for all of June, and then taking full time hours for July. As tiring as its been one word has come to mind - money. Which at this point I need lots of.

In just under 70 days I am heading to Australia for 25 days! Wooo & that means I need lots of hours! Haha. I am so excited for my trip. I'm meeting up with my cousins on the Australian leg of there trip, & its perfect because I love flying and I will be doing a TON of that. And since my Europe trip I am quite comfortable on long flights and flying overseas. It will be quite interesting to be gone for almost a month, But I know it will be an experience I wont forget.

And one good thing about working all those hours is I can afford to go on another vacation to.. Penticton! That is where I am right now, I have been begging my mom to bring me here since I was 10, I always heard from everyone how amazing Penticton was and now I finally get to experience it. Mind you my mom didn't stay - I am staying with the lovely MacAulay family, and I am loving every minute of it. Even though the weather hasn't been quite what I wanted I'm still very much enjoying being on vacation and just relaxing...

Which is what I am going to get back to doing right now....

=)

Friend Dinner & Hockey Game(S)

2008-03-17T19:18:00.000-07:00

I went out with all of my lovely friends for a birthday dinner to moxies on my birthday. And it was awesome to be able to celebrate it with all of them at one table.

For christmas alllllll I wanted was a Sam Gagner hockey jersey and tickets to the Edmonton vs. Calgary game on feb 4th.

So I got my Tickets from uncle Bob for christmas and my jersey. I was one happy lady! So on the 4th I went to the game. And then went to the game on the 6th aswell!

Here are pictures from dinner and the hockey game!

The Ladies in our Oilers Attire.

My future Husband #89, He was One of the 3 Stars!

My Birthday game was a shut-out I was pretty happy about that =)

This is from the game on the 6th that I went to with Krystal

Its been a while...

2008-03-17T19:02:00.000-07:00

So I've been told that I need to post again, So here I am.
Well since my last post I have turned 18... and thats about all the excitment in my life. Haha, I really do have a boring life. All I do is work, thats about it.

18 has been good so far, If anyone remembers 17 didnt start off so good, My van got broken into, and then I ran over a ladder... and a few more mishaps.
But nothin has gone terribly wrong yet (knock on wood) I'm still working at Petersens... Still wishing my van will die, on a day when I dont need it.

I have recently become the proud owner of Guitat Hero III and Rock Band, And I must say I enjoy them A lot, I am a pretty sweet drummer/guitarist. And my Rock Band has been travelling, Megan Sam & I made a sweet band, and even got Their Mom on the drums.

Other than that theres nothing to new in my life so I think I will leave you with some pics!

Me and Jonah at My Family Birthday Dinner

And again.. I was glad he like cheescake!

My mom ended up suprising me, with most of my family knowing, at church with two massive cakes for everyone to feast on

& Counting

2008-01-27T11:21:00.000-08:00

One week 'till my birthday.

I cannot wait!

Hmmm...

2007-12-31T00:14:00.000-08:00

So this year christmas was a totaly different experience for me. This year I got to experience more the joy of giving, I mean I recieved totaly amazing things Buuutttt I got to suprise the ones I love with gifts they didnt expect. The other thing that got my mom and me really talking was that this year was going to be so amazing because jonah was really experiencing it for the first time. He could tell you what he liked and how he felt about it.

I love both of my nephews so much, but its so nice having jonah who you can talk with and who he can talk back . He is sooo much fun to be around to hear him talk to you about the most random things and be so excited about them. He brightens up my day with just one look, and hearing him say I Love You makes my heart melt. He has such a caring heart and such a kind personality, I couldnt ask for anything better in a nephew.

I just thought I'd share this with you. I'll leave you with some pictures we took together the night of the Festival of Carols

Sitting in the airport...

2007-12-27T18:41:00.000-08:00

Well it has been quite a while since I last posted so I figured I'd do a quick update while sitting waiting for my flight to grande prairie.

While I am sitting here I am quite thankful that this is my only flight, there are many people sitting around me speaking about there troubles today. Theres a family whos been here 9 hours waiting for flights. Others who have been on many connecting flights all of which have been delayed for at least 3 hours or more. And as I sit here I am thankful that my 1 flight is only 20 mins delayed. Thats one thing I love about flying to GP, and that is its only a 59 min flight so 20 doesnt really hurt me. Yet it never fails that everytime I fly there is always a delay.

But other than my airport troubles not a lot has been going on. There was christmas, and during thats I got my Wii, which I have been wanting forever, and found out that most of my family was in on the suprise of me getting it! I also got tickets to an oilers game the day after my birthday which excited me greatly.

Chirstmas dinner was amazing and it was awesome spending it with my family, and it was nice having my dad (or the actor) there too.

Work is pretty much insane, I guess I didnt really think about the whole 2 job thing before i accepted both of them. I guess I didnt think much about having a life. I work pretty much everyday excpet the weekends.

Next big event in my life is my birthday. The big 1-8. I am lookin' forward to that!

Well I shall post pictures soon! Now i shall sit and wait for my plane to board.

Once in a decade

2007-11-26T10:56:00.000-08:00

For the first time since I was 7 I have the stomach flu, and I hate it. I was always so happy to brag "oh I havent had that since I was seven" but now i gotta start it all again haha. Well I'm feeling better than I was yesterday so hopefully I can go back to work tomorrow!

FINALLYYY =)

2007-11-16T12:58:00.000-08:00

As of Wednesday I finally have a job. It was not because of a shortage of opportunities that I didn't have one, Because it seems everywhere you look there is a "hiring now" sign. It took me so long because for 1 thing I was lazy, I'll be the first to admit it I had just completed 12 years of school (14 if you count kindergarten and playschool, and lemme tell you those were the hardest of them all), I had also just finished working at Camp for 2 months and I was glad to be able to do nothing all day. And another factor was that I was looking for a job that I would really enjoy. I didn't want to be working at the GAP or McDonald's just for the fun of it. So after much searching and a tad of procrastinating I am now an employee of Petersen Pontiac, Working minimal part time mostly Saturdays right now doing some reception, but at least it s a job. Now if that wasn't enough excitement as of today I do not only have one job I now have TWO!!! ha ha yes me Sarah Lytle 2 jobs, I'm pretty shocked myself. As of today I am also now working at the Royal Glenora Club doing.. take a guess? reception ha ha. I'm working there 2 days a week right now, and hopefully picking up more shifts in December. I am quite excited and looking forward to the new challenges I am sure to face with balancing the two, along with my other commitments and my motivation factor!

Time for an update maybe?

2007-10-31T20:01:00.000-07:00

Well it has been forever, and I have no explanation for that, Haha. There certainly is not a lack of free time because thats pretty much all that I have. Well hmm.. lets think about what I can tell you.
Hmm.. well it has been almost 2 Months since I have gotten home from camp and not to much has happened since then. There is still no job in the picture, though im looking. Ive been developing a very close relationship with my digital cable, Thats kinda a sad thing but oh-well.

Theres no huuuugeee updates, I deffinatly has some ups & downs but its pretty muchh all been good, Ive visted some family. Took a trip to manitoba, saskachewan and drumhellar with Bree and my mom. Went to Grande Prairie for thanksgiving, and went back to camp for YC. Abby turned 1, and I saw the love of my life Justin Timberlake in concert.
Hopefully I'll keep up with this updating thing, but untill then I shall leave you with some pics from these past few months.

Me And Sam at FUEL with the sweet sign letters!

Abbs on her Birthday!

Sam and I at the ETYG Halloween Party

My cousins Dawson, Jamiee and Ryder and myself in Manitoba

Danielle and I at Justin!

home sweet home

2007-08-21T23:32:00.000-07:00

Well finally I'm back home, after 7 loooonnnng sleep deprived weeks. I miss camp so much but i'm so glad to be back and sleep in my own bed.
There was a lot of ups and downs this summer, and I will be sure to post pictures soon. But heres a quick summery.

Week 1 Staff training week

Week 2 Holiday camp 1 (ages 7-12) - everything went pretty well, there was just a lot of working out glitches in the program and getting used to everything..only one thing, we lost our lifegaurd the second day. it turned out he lost his certification almost a year earlier, but we got him and another staff member certified so we could have more kids in the pool and a time.

Week 3 Holiday camp 2 (same age) - Week of the sickness mulitple people with bronchitis, tonsilitis, strep throaght and I cought larengitis, and was put in "isolation" as I like to call it for 3 and a half days.. that ment no working. I had to give up my campers and it reallllyyy sucked. But I was glad to get the rest and be prepared for the rest of the summer, I also got caught up on a lot of my entertainment news Haha.

Week 4Holiday camp 3 (same age) - Probably one of the hardest weeks of my life. Everything was going good, except my direct deposit wasnt working, so I called to talk to my mom about that and found out that my grandmother had passed away, I knew the day was coming soon but it was so hard when it hit. But it was for the best and i was in the best place I could have been I had the most support I could ever want and It made it easier to get through.

Week 5 Teen Camp (13-16) - Best week of the summer, these campers taught me so much about life and helped me grow so much spiritualy and as a person. Some of these kids had gone through more than I could ever imgaine and it was amazing to get to spend a week with them and see the changes in them. Even though everyone was worried about what had happened last year with some sneaking out, nothing like that happend and everyone just really enjoyed themselves

Week 6- Moms and Kids ( I was with 5-6) - Pretty much a slack week, we were only with the kids for a few hours each day so it was just a good time to catch up on rest and relax, Oh and pracitce your mini golf game. I got a hole in one on the LAST hole, and for anyone who has mini golfed at pine lake, that is an accomplishment I think. Haha..

Week 7- Music Camp- For this I was a camper, It was a different experience. I decided that this was the last year I was going to go to camp even thought I technically have one more year left, And it was a perfect way to end it. There was sooooo much laughter and memories, with our amazing singing and danceing. It was a perfect way to end the summmer.

Now each summer our camp has a baseball game against the jewish camp across the lake.. and well we havent won in quite a few year... I would love to say that my amazing never-playing-before-baseball skills helped us win but sadly no.. the score was 30-1 for them. But it was so much fun.

I will post pictures soon!

And I'm Off...

2007-07-01T11:41:00.000-07:00

Today is the day, I'm off to camp for 7 weeks. I can't believe the day is finally here. Its been a very busy few days of packing and saying goodbye, it's going to be hard to be away from everyone for this long!

The other night I got a phone call asking if I would like to come over and watch my nephews while beth and keith went out, and of course I said yes. I love spending time with those boys, Jonah was so good playing with me and showing me his toys, and sharing with his brother. And logan was adorable as always, I was so glad I got to spend that time with them before I went away. I'll miss you boys!

I hope no one forgets about me while I'm gone! Haha I'll post again as soon as I can.

I'll leave you with a cute picture I took of the boys.

Bye for now!

Grad-May 29th&31st

2007-06-10T19:31:00.000-07:00

Commencement May 29th Jubilee Auditorium.

Banquet & Dance May 31st Shaw Conference Center

EuropePics

2007-04-22T18:34:00.000-07:00

At Versailles

Paris

On the gondola in venice

The hotel in pariss

The trevei fountain

Creepy gladiator man in verona (He posed us this way!)

At the vatican City

Edm. International-Toronto

Toronto-Paris

No Explentaion Needed

Versaille Again

Milan

Venice- Gondola

The Coloseum

HOOMMEEEE

2007-04-02T11:43:00.000-07:00

well im back from europe. I had a super busy weekend, which didnt help my jetlag. So last night i went to bed at 5 30pm. woke up at 7 30pm and then went back to sleep at 9pm again. Finally i woke up this morning at 10 30am. Oh how i missed sleeep. Haha well i will post picturs asap!

Retakes&Countdown.

2007-03-15T21:40:00.000-07:00

Since I wasnt happy with my first set of grad photo's i decided to get retakes, And I am so happy I did. I love them! I'm so excited for my pictures now!

These are the 4 that i've chosen, so hopefully i can order them soon and then i just have to wait for them to come!

On another note. I Leave for europe in 6 days now! On march 21st I leave edmonton at 11 20am and arrive in toronto at 5 50pm for a 2.5 hr lay over untill i depart for paris I arrive there at 8am the next day, which is really like Midnight here.. Should be interesting. I'm so excited!

:D

2007-02-24T11:12:00.000-08:00

24 days and counting

2007-02-13T20:12:00.000-08:00

well so far 17 hasnt been the best year for me, i've had a few ups and a whole bunch of downs but im looking past that and now starting to look towards the amazing future i have coming up.

This weekend is Winter Weekend at camp and im so pumped for that, To get to see everyone again i cant wait!

Theenn in only 34 days i'm off to europe!! I can't believe its only a month away, i haven't really loooked at the number of days lately so this is pretty exciting. I still havent really grasped the idea that im going to paris!

Then on the 13th-15th of may im going to a leadership conference with a group of my friends from the leadership program so thats a new experience and im really excited to get to meet new people and learn about some sweet leadership school stuff!

Finally May 31, 2007 Just 105 days away is my grad, the day i've been looking forward too since i started grade 7. I cant believe that its finally here. I've started planning, booking a limo, hair, make up and nail appointments and looking for the most important part my dress. As of right now im getting it custom made, but if i find one i adore, i was told i could get it. I'm super stressed out that everything wont go right, but i have faith that it will all turn out amazing!

I'm leaving you with some pictures of dresses that i like. Let me know what you think, i need some feedback and my mom isnt much help! haha.

A Day Late But...

2007-01-31T17:09:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Jonah!

I can't believe you're 3 already.

I love watching you grow up

And seeing how much you change.

Everytime i see you you have no problem making

me smile.

You are such a special boy jonah and have so many people who love you.

You have made my life amazing and I couldnt ask for a better

first nephew!

I love you!

Countdown

2007-01-11T16:41:00.000-08:00

21 Days... 'till my Birthday

67 Days... 'till Europe!

136 Days... 'till i Graduate!

Merry Christmas!

2006-12-29T20:40:00.000-08:00

Wow, finally Christmas has come and gone. All the build up and anticipation and now its over.

Well that's okay because this Christmas was amazing! Not only the actually day but the whole season. It started off with my grad ring annnddd grad pics.

All the pictures, except for my grad one.. duuhhh. were taken with my neww digital camera that i got for Christmas, along with my new video ipod. Purchased just for my Europe trip! I got so many things for that trip including a fold up travel bad from Santa, a travel blow dryer anddd some Euros from my auntie Linda and uncle Barry and a bunch of stuff for my camera and ipod from my mom and dad!

Christmas day was spent and my Auntie Linda's & Uncle Barry's house with the whole family and we had so many laughs as always, mostly courtesy of my mom.. and my dad even made a guest appearance.. and no Ben he wasn't an actor! It was such a great day, watching Jonah open his presents with his uncle rob there, and having it be Logan's first Christmas it was a perfect day!

oh how we love these children!

Now I'm in grande prairie for the next few days to visit family here till the 1st, I've seen a movie everyday since I've been here.. the new Rocky movie with my cousin and his friend, The pursuit of happiness with Ian and megann and black christmas with Kim and her boyfriend! not much else to do here but movies haha. we went tobogganing last night, but i bruised my tail bone anndd my cousin got a tattoo.. the creepy old tattoo artist wanted to tattoo me but sadly i was too young.. he told me to come visit him once I'm 18... but unfortunately for him i will never come see him.

well that's all I'll leave you all with a picture of Travis's tattoo. It, combined with his already existing one, means might in Chinese

I hope everyone had a merry Christmas and a happy new year in 2007!

Finally!

2006-12-18T20:34:00.000-08:00

finalllyy! One of the first big parts of my final year of highschool has arrived! tThis morning my dad and i picked up my grad rinngg!
It looks exactly like the picture except it has my birthstone (amythest) and on the sides has
JPHS and 2007 engraved in the sides, with my name on the inside.
I love it, im so excited to wear it, now all i'm waiting for is my grad photos!

Cant Waitt

2006-11-20T17:45:00.000-08:00

120 days till europppe!

Family

2006-10-20T15:56:00.000-07:00

I am greatly blessed to have such an amazing family that include 3 young one's. Jonah Perry,Logan Perry & now as of today Abigail Gallimore. And even though I'm not directly an aunt I love them all and they are the most amazing children ever. They are all greatly loved and have amazing parents to top it off. I couldn't ask for anything better in two nephews and now a niece!

Congratulations!

2006-10-20T14:34:00.001-07:00

Congratulations to Chrissy and Brian on the birth of

Abigail Anne Gallimore

born at 12:07 am.

I'm so happy that you are all healthy and happy! she is such a beautiful girl. I cant wait to watch her grow up! you will both be amazing parents!

eye-openerr.

2006-10-15T18:29:00.000-07:00

so its been a whille...

this weekend i went to the NAIT open house. i can't believe it.

this weekend has really opened up my eyes. im getting ready to apply

for post secondary.. i can't believe it. i saw my dads friend don this weekend for the

first time since i was 13. and it really opened my eyes to how much has changed since then then i have my liscence, im graduating this year, my family has grown larger, i have 2 beautiful nephews, an amazing church family who i love, im in fuel, And now am getting ready to plan my future.

i found out that getting into this program is going to be harder than expected. If you don't know, im applying into the Radio Broadcasting program at NAIT. This is joined for the first semester with the television program. And so every semester intake, which is September and January 30 people are selected, 12 radio & 18 T.v out of 120 applicants for september and 50 in january. that kinda burst my bubble, i also foind out that i need at 75%+ avg in my grade 12 classes. which is kinda bad considering my avg's aren't usually that good.. and ive already taken chem 30 and got 66%.. im also in english 30-2 which also means that i have to upgrade my english to 30-1, so there goes my semester off, im planning to upgrade at NAIT so that wont be so bad, and i dont have to write another diploma, heckkk yes! and i'd start that in september and then start the course in january if i get accepted. since the program is incredibly competitive i have to do a career exploration, which means talking to 3 people in the industry and ask them questions about the job, and then write an essay. so thats the next step. I also found out that i can take a night course for 2 months called RTA, its offered every wednesday, from 7pm-10pm. This mark can replace my chem 30 mark. and hopefully if they see how much i really want to be in this field than it will give me and upper hand on getting accepted. Now i just have to focus on keeping my social and math marks up.. that will be a challenge.

well thats all for noww, update soon

5 Amazing People

2006-08-28T15:01:00.000-07:00

Beth & Keith, Brian & Chrissy and Megan.

over the past year the five of you have been amazing to me.

i cant describe how much it has ment to me to have you guys in my life.

to talk to about anything, or just hang out with.

i apprieciate it so much, all of you have given me guidence in my life and i cant

thank you enough for it. now as i go into my last year of highschool and start my life

i feel confidant that i can achieve anything and be sucsessful and happy. you have all

helped me reazlize this in different way. and i love you all for it.

so thank you :)

homee;

2006-08-21T11:38:00.000-07:00

so after 2 crazzy, yet funn weeks
i was at camp for two weeks and on monday august 14th
logan jeffery michael perry was born.
i had such an amazing timme and i would give anything to go backk.
teen camp was so much funn, and music camp was amazing. with all the pranks
and huge water fights at 3 am. love'd it. pictures will be here soon.

school starts soon. i have this week, then camping.
4 dayss. registration on the 1st and then the begining of
my senior year on sept 5th.

unbelieveable that its almost overr...

July`06

2006-07-31T12:49:00.003-07:00

one down;one to go.
july was a good starrt to the summer, my last july before i graduate.
it started off with forwardd. and getting to see family for a weekend in red deer.
that was goodd. after that rob came back and was here for a week. there was a b-b-q
and a trip to westedd. there was also my dashboard concert which was amazing.
and then it was off to manitoba for a week and abit with my mom and bree.
that was interestinng. kinda of boring staying in a town of 200 with no one over
the age of 10 or under 30. but it was nice seeing my grandparents and escaping the city.
on the way home we stayed in a spa resort in moose jaw and experienced the craziest lightning ever, we also stoped in lloyd to visit brees nephew parker who is adorable.
the next weeked i drove to camp to visit courtney and that was interesting, it was my first
taste of real highway driving and i have to say i enjoyed it!
the heat was unbelieveableee! i am so thankful for air conditioning. k-days or capital ex was next.
and that was good. not as good as past years but i always have so much funn there. we ended up getting
soaked at the end of the night but all-in-all it was good.
noww comes august whcih starts off with 2 weeks at PLC which i am very excited forr.
then camping and then back to school for grade 12...

30+

2006-07-04T17:48:00.000-07:00

ahhh i cant believe this heat. it's becoming sooo unbearableeee. but it is better than last summmer.
i have been spending largee amounts of time in my air conditioned living rooomm and plan to be
living there till this heat stopss.
hopefully manitoba isnt this hott.

Okay Courtney....

2006-06-01T17:19:00.000-07:00

So i've been told i need to post some pictures of YC and Some "special" ones for courtney's sis. soooo here they are;;it was an amazing weekend. &i hope you get a chance to go sometime

350+counting..

2006-05-09T13:17:00.000-07:00

AHH!

in 350 days. i will be in europe.

Paris, Rome, Venice & Milan.

for 10 days during spring break.

this is going to be

amazing!

One word.. Amazing!

2006-04-24T18:05:00.000-07:00

Ahhhh! so i just got home from banff yesterday and it was beyond amazing. It was completely perfect. The hotel i was at (The Inns Of Banff) was right at the entrance of banff and there was mountains everywhere.. i know duuh of course there was.. you were in banff. But I hadn't been to the mountains in so long that i forgot how magnificicant they truley are. While i was there we also went to the Upper Banff Hot Springs and wooowww! i loved it there.. it was raining at first which is perfect hot springs weather, and as we were sitting there the sky just parted and there were the mountains.. and ahhh! i know my love is all for the mountains. but i mean c'mon look at them.. it was truly awesome.
And then we went bowling here...
ahh the Banff Springs Hotel.
I have officially decided that i want to live there.. or at least get married
aha it is the most beautiful place i think ive ever seen and they have a bowling alley there. Thats pretty sweet;; well enough about my trip. As you can tell i had a great time. But im happy to be home

Updatteee

2006-04-10T14:46:00.000-07:00

So an update
i finally passed
last tuesday
woo.hoo
=D
my mom was so happy
but not anymore...
..ahha she says shes
"nervous"
but im happy.

Liscence Test

2006-04-01T15:23:00.000-08:00

So i totaly faiillleedddd

100 pts :(

ahha i'm not going to deny it

..i cried. ahha

stupid residential streets and

there non-existant lanes

grrrr.

oh well. trying again monday

So Save Your Scissors

2006-03-28T23:15:00.000-08:00

"So go on
And I will refrain
And I'll
keep on running this neverending race
Well maybe next time will be the right
time
And maybe next time will be your time"
......
Now this may seem quite obvious but, I have decided that
people who focus on making others miserable or
angry are not the type of people who i want to
be associated
with...
......
"There is something that I must confess to you tonight
To you tonight
And that is I expect nothing less from you tonight
From you tonight"

2006-03-20T22:14:00.000-08:00

Its Official.

Me+Grande.Prarie.

March24th-28th

heck..yesss;;

2006-03-20T16:59:00.000-08:00

I Love My Friends.

+photobooths.

They are one of the best things.

Buuut it always

happens that you look

retarded, stupid or

just plain lammee

but oh-well.

Reduced!

2006-03-19T21:22:00.001-08:00

I am my dad's favorite person these days.

yes..you guessed it. I lowered my insurence.

92% on my test..heckyes.highest mark in my class.

now all i need is the liscence to go with it..

__________________

On another note.

the snow. i cant freaking believe it.. i have never seen this

much snow overnight in my life!

shhheeeshhh. where does mother nature get the

idea that she can do this to us..

Buuutt even thou this snow kept somepeople in,

i didnt. ahha. i went and saw

She's The Man

and maybe its just cause theres a few hotties.. and the

fact that they played all american rejects but i kinda loved it.

and woooww did amanda not look like a boy.

but all-in-all hotties aside.

very goodmovie. on the otherside of the spectrum

The Great Gatsby.

i did not enjoy this one.. maybe its cause its for school.. but still

noo..

ahha

Now hopefully.. if all goes well. Grande Prarie In 5 Days

=D

2006-03-16T21:02:00.000-08:00

So finally after missing all that school i am caught up.
well almost.. i have a english test on monday but otherwise im good

i had a chem unit final today, which i was deeply scared about.
but i studied and tried very hard.
and it paid off. 75% heck yesss.
my mom&teach. and myself we're all
very proud

So i just thought i'd share a pic

of the cutest little monkey ever.

i saw this movie
... curious george

for those of you who dont know..

about a month ago and i still havent

gotten over how cute he is

hope you enjoy.

well its off to watch the o.c so i'll ttyl

..Sick =(

2006-03-06T15:23:00.000-08:00

So for the past 4 days I have been sick.

for 2 of those I have no gotten out of bed

longer than 10 mins

and yesterday for the first time

in like.. I don't know how long

I had a fever.

not just like a fever 99.0

but A.... 103.2 fever

it was horrible.

today its gone down but I still

feel like complete crudd.

oh how I hate being sick.

and lately.. I've become

addicted to halls .. Sad but true.

&because of this sickness

I have had to delay my drivers training..

who knows when ill get my license now :(

well I should go back in bed..

Drivinnggg..

2006-03-01T22:15:00.000-08:00

Drivers training tomorrow
License Countdown. 7 days

Boston Pizza;;

2006-02-26T15:52:00.002-08:00

..4 times in one week..

ohmygooodnesss.

ahha i have been to Bp's 4 Times Since

Last Sunday.

Not to mention

every sunday for the past month.

excluding this one.

its quite sad actually.. i meann

i dont even enjoy it anymore..

.. &all because someone has a crush

on a certin host.. ahha

Hopefully my bp-going will

slow down for a while..

Stained Glass Masquerade

2006-02-20T15:05:00.000-08:00

So at fuel on saturday

megan&ian did a special music call

Stained Glass Masquerade

By Casting Crowns

and i feel in love with the song.

the words are amaizng

and have such an awesome message.

so i thought id share it

Is there anyone that fails
Is there anyone that falls
Am I the only one in church today feelin’ so small
Cause when I take a look around
Everybody seems so strong
I know they’ll soon discover
That I don’t belong
So I tuck it all away, like everything’s okay
If I make them all believe it, maybe I’ll believe it too
So with a painted grin, I play the heart again
So everyone will see me the way that I see them
Are we happy plastic people
Under shiny plastic steeples
With walls around our weakness
And smiles to hide our pain
But if the invitation’s open
To every heart that has been broken
Maybe then we close the curtain
On our stained glass masquerade
Is there anyone who’s been there
Are there any hands to raise
Am I the only one who’s tradedIn the altar for a stage
The performance is convincing
And we know every line by heart
Only when no one is watching
Can we really fall apart
But would it set me free
If I dared to let you see
The truth behind the person
That you imagine me to be
Would your arms be open
Or would you walk away
Would the love of Jesus
Be enough to make you stay

Phantom

2006-02-14T21:10:00.000-08:00

So today for valentines day

i went to my friend sams house, mainly to practice for choral but we got sidetracked.
We started to watch phantom of the opera, and wow.
that movie is the most amazing thing ever, i love it, it gave me shivers. lol
I have to say that lately Musicals have become my new favorite thing.
First cats, then rent and now phantom
i completely recomend it to anyone and everyone it is definatly a must see

B'day&more

2006-02-13T20:38:00.000-08:00

i really have to stop not posting.
its just so hard. i feel like i have nothing to say, but so much at the same time.
there is one thing i know.&that is that mondays suckk.
school, getting up early it all combines to make a not happy time.

so i have posted for a while, and somewhat-alot has happend.
such as my birthday, i had a pretty amazing day with my family&friends.
and to top it off the next day was jonahs b day party. and that was so much fun

So this is my bday cake. that i got suprised with on saturday morning. the day after my bday, for breakfast.

&this is me and megan, bree and melissa bowling... aha i actually thought i could bowl.. turns out i need some more practice.

aha well i will post sooon.

2005-12-08T19:20:00.000-08:00

wow;; it hass been forever.
try like 2 months or something. i always come on but i never feel like i have anything exciting to post about..
so today was the first day of REB. which for all of you who dont know is like a major international basketball tournement my school puts on.
and boy was it amazing, theres over 40 teams from canada the us. australia and this year china.
and friiickk those boys are tall..make a girl wanna feel like a midget.
theres like this crazy opening ceremonys that go on. and this year my guitar class
got to play in it. it was an amazing time.
i had soo much fun.
&megan got me selling tickets w.her so i have this like all access pass. its awesome
so now my days will consist of going to games. aha
and of course youth group on friday, and FUEL.

my guitar concert was also on wednesday night & what a night that was.
nerves had taken over the best of me. i had to sing california dreaming.
first. i was thhhee very first person up.
but i had an amazing support group there so i did my best.

<3

Leadership Camp

2005-09-30T12:00:00.000-07:00

Well last night i got home from a leadership camp with my school.
not all of it but there was about 38 of us.
and i had an amazing time!
we did all the activities with the staff of the camp.
that were to help with team building, like tug of war and all sorts of things.
and then we did activities with our teacher, like step into the circle
which she said a statment and if it applied to you, you steped into the circle.
and for some reason it just made everyone feel closer to another. same with a rope game we played.
we got a piece of string and then could share a story if you wanted to.
and the string would be like our safty blanket.
we also did planning for the school, ideas and activities to help with school spirit. and to help our communtity local and global. and then appriciation for our school.
and we came up with some amazing ideas, this year in school should be amazing with all that we planned.
i made so many friends and connections with people it was amazing.
im so glad i went.

well then...

2005-09-26T19:37:00.000-07:00

Well.. i havent written for a while.
that may be cause i've had alot to do
buuut. its not cause i dont really have much of a life.
i had fuel on saturday which was awesome.
and yeellowcard on friday with samm.
and yesterday i went for a birthday dinner for paige
wiiith nicole, caitlyn, evei&paige herself.
'to moxies and wow. that was so much funn.epecially nicoles and my hot waiter.
aha taking pictures of him..woow.
we had so much funn that niiight..
&now i get to plan brees b'day.
this shall be awesome.
well im off to watch degrassi

<3

Big Brother//aha

2005-09-20T22:08:00.000-07:00

kay; so i just finished watching the big brother finale &its so sad. its over.
but im happy with the result. maggie winning.
i dont know what i'll do tuesdays,thursdays&saturdays now.
o well only 10 months till the next one.
buuut now theres gilmore girls. wow.
you have to looove the new tv seasons.
<3

2005-09-19T19:31:00.000-07:00

well.. today i went back to school for a four day week. & boy what a day it was.
i mean i had guitar class and i never realized today how much that class actually takes, everyone feels thats its a easy-breeze-through class but its not. it is so difficult but as my teacher says:
"to get the goods, you have to pay the price.as hard as it may be"
and this year the goods are a trip to disneyland in april and a trip to seattle in may.

so last night; a.ka. sunday night.
i went to a concert at reds with paige. and even though we were like an hour late it was all good. because we got to see who we came for. and it was transit radio. they were amazing&after the show we went to the merch table and met dave and wow he was the nicest guy ever. we got shirts from 13th&vegas. and got them signed.

now i am in the process of planning paige a b'day suprise for friday during her v'ball tournement. annnd planning the most awesome amazing suprise b day for bree. and it has to be awesome. cause birthdays have not been her best thing lately and i need to make this awesome for her. so im totaly confuzzeled.

well im off to watch degrassi&7th heaven

<3

2005-09-19T19:08:00.000-07:00

So i figured id start one of these again,
seeing as i lost my password to my last one.
so here it goes <3